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Büchner Prize

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Also known as: Georg Büchner Prize, Georg-Büchner Preis
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Category: Arts & Culture
In full:
Georg Büchner Prize
German:
Georg-Büchner Preis
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German literature
Notable Honorees:
Peter Weiss
Martin Mosebach
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Büchner Prize, prestigious German prize established in 1923 by the government of Volksstaat Hessen (state of Hesse, now in Hessen Land [state]) to honour native son Georg Büchner, a noted dramatist. From its inception to 1950 the prize was awarded to a range of Hessian visual artists, writers, poets, actors, and singers. (It was not presented during the period of 1933–44, because of Nazi censorship.) A 1951 agreement between Hessen and the German Academy for Language and Literature reconceived the Büchner Prize as a purely literary honour. Conferred annually by the German Academy, it was intended to reward German writers ...(100 of 129 words)

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